- Joined
- Dec 15, 2021
Honestly, most people I know who went to AA* typically just made a few friends and carried on by going cold turkey forever. I had a friend of a friend who got worried when he saw me making an Irish Stew for a St. Patrick’s Day dinner and I used a can of stout and that was mildly annoying, but I can understand the fear.The thing about step one is fixing any addiction requires the person to want to change. This is universal in any recovery method and it's a big hurdle to clear. I think he would have bigger problems with how easy it is for AA to turn into a groupthink hugbox. Think Locals chat but no external observers/commenters to challenge him. The biggest concern would be the "13th step" i.e. hooking up with a fellow addict. I can very easily see even worse degeneracy filling the void left behind if he sobers up.
*basically everyone I know who went to AA went willingly after a relative confided in them that they had a problem or more than one family member called them out. I don’t think Nick has anyone like that. Nick is basically isolated from everyone.
I honestly think both Nick and Kayla isolated themselves from everyone they could.